When Parents Forbid Friendships

Poker: The Mathematics of Playing Well

Mathematician ⁠Emma Zajdela⁠ [https://sites.northwestern.edu/emmazajdela/] goes over the mathematics of poker and how ⁠bluffing is an essential part of a winning strategy⁠ [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0025570X.2021.1908785]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Resilience; Hetero Men as a Sexual Health Risk Group; Pleasure Matters

Sociologist ⁠Jessie Ford⁠ [https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/profile/jessie-v-ford-phd] discusses ⁠resilience among gender and sexually fluid people⁠ [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41180917/], straight men as a vulnerable sexual health population, and how sexual pleasure is overlooked and important for our health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Why Attractive People Capture Our Eye

Cognitive neuroscience professor ⁠Effie Pereira⁠ [https://effiejpereira.github.io/] outlines how ⁠attractive faces draw our gaze but fail to hijack our peripheral attention⁠ [https://www.psypost.org/attractive-faces-draw-our-gaze-but-fail-to-hijack-our-hidden-attention/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Juice for Kids Today, High Blood Pressure Tomorrow

Nutrition professor ⁠Vasanti Malik⁠ [https://nutrisci.med.utoronto.ca/faculty/vasanti-malik] reveals how ⁠drinking juice and soda during childhood may increase the risk of high blood pressure later in life⁠ [https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-juice-soda-childhood-high-blood.html]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Vacation Guilt: Why We're Bad at Taking Time Off

Emily the Recruiter⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/emily.the.recruiter/] (Emily Durham) explains why so many people aren't taking their paid time off, and why "unlimited" vacation policies are a bit of a scam. Check out Emily's book Clock In: No-BS Advice for Getting Ahead in Your Career (Without Losing Your Mind) here⁠ [https://emilydurham.org/clock-in]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]